Changes in Manaus in our lifetime as viewed by KidSat

Author

Barr, Megan ; Graham, Dee ; McGuire, John

Author_Institution

Arcata High Sch., CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1818

Lastpage

1826

Abstract

Are our news accounts true about the Amazon region of South America? Can students find out for themselves if there is change to our planet due to deforestation? Middle school KidSat students answer these questions with valid research and image processing software to quantify changes in the Earth using KidSat images and archived Space Shuttle photographs. The growth of the city of Manaus in central Brazil and the seasonal differences in the river surface area are quantified using images chosen for study by students from the Redwood Student Mission Operations Center (SMOC)

Keywords

education; forestry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; teaching; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Amazon; Brazil; KidSat; Manaus; Redwood Student Mission Operations Center; SMOC; South America; change detection; deforestation; education; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; river surface area; satellite remote sensing; seasonal difference; teaching; terrain mapping; tropical forest; vegetation mapping; Cities and towns; Data systems; Earth; Educational institutions; Fires; Image processing; Planets; Rivers; South America; Space shuttles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.774694

Filename

774694